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כִּנֶּ֫רֶת

kin.n.rot(Sea of) Chinnereth
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place7 occurrences4 books7 verses
This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
  • Chinnereth: Freshwater lake in northern Israel; location of Jesus' ministry
  • Chinneroth: Region and city near the Sea of Galilee

Definition

or כִּנֶּרֶתlemma כִּנֶרֶת missing dagesh, corrected to כִּנֶּרֶת; respectively plural and singular feminine from the same as H3658; perhaps harp-shaped; Kinneroth or Kinnereth, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Chinnereth, Chinneroth, Cinneroth.

Glossary entries

Sea of Galilee Chinnereth, Chinneroth Sea of Tiberias Sea of Tiberias Cinneroth Kinnereth

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

7 total
  1. Numbers 34:11כִּנֶּ֖רֶת · of Chinnereth
    …then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.
  2. Deuteronomy 3:17מִכִּנֶּ֗רֶת · from Chinnereth
    The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
  3. Joshua 11:2כִּֽנֲר֖וֹת · of Chinnereth
    …to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;
  4. Joshua 12:3כִּנְר֜וֹת · of Chinnereth
    …as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
  5. Joshua 13:27כִּנֶּ֔רֶת · of Chinnereth
    …and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).
  6. Joshua 19:35וְכִנָּֽרֶת׃ · Chinnereth
    The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
  7. 1 Kings 15:20כִּנְר֔וֹת · of Chinnereth
    And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.